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    The HMS Phoenix P-class British submarine
    off Augusta 1940

 

The HMS Phoenix was an old P-class British submarine, built in Birkenhead by Cammell Laird Shipyard during 1928, and launched during 1929. 

L' HMS Phoenix era un vecchio sommergibile Britannico dela Classe P, costruito a Birkenhead nei cantieri Cammell Laird Shipyard nel corso del 1928, e varato nel 1929.

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The HMS Phoenix operated in Mediterranean from the base of Malta since the beginning of the II World War. 

L' HMS Phoenix operò in Mediterraneo dalla base di Malta fin dall'inizio della II Guerra Mondiale.

On July 16, 1940, the HMS Phoenix was patrolling the Western Ionian Sea, when she spotted and torpedoed the Italian tanker Dora off the Italian base of Augusta (Eastern Sicily). 
The British submarine was counterattacked by the Italian topedo boat Albatros, whose depth charges sank the HMS Phoenix.

Il 16 Giugno 1940, l' HMS Phoenix stava pattugliando lo Ionio occidentale, quando avvistò e silurò la petroliera Italiana Dora al largo della base Italiana di Augusta.
Il sommergibile Britannico fu contrattaccato dalla torpediniera Italiana Albatros, la cui bombe di profondità affondarono l' HMS Phoenix.

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